Purdue University Faculty. Monica Cox (at center), assistant professor of engineering education, talks with graduate students Tenille Medley and Nathan McNeill during a research meeting. Cox recently received an early-career award from the NSF.

Purdue University Faculty. Dr. Richard Grace, who served as head of the School of Materials Engineering from 1965 to 1972. Dr. Grace's career at Purdue was recently celebrated with an endowment and dedication of a conference room and library in his...